Long nineteenth century · Art Institute of Chicago · 136938
An Artist Adoring a Statue of Virtue
Claude Hoin French, 1750-1817, 1783
Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection · Public domain
- Artist
- Claude Hoin French, 1750-1817
- Date
- 1783
- Medium
- Watercolor and gouache, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- Primary support: 40.8 × 27.7 cm (16 1/8 × 10 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 47.5 × 34 cm (18 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)
- Era
- Long nineteenth century
Why it matters
Elegant and morally uplifting scenes like the one featured in this highly finished small painting in watercolor and gouache were highly desirable to French collectors in the years just prior to the French Revolution, especially as decorations for their private cabinets. Claude Hoin was a provincial artist who came to Paris to study with the moralistic artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze.